Northwest Fishing Reports

Bonney lake has quite a few. Eloika has em but I've never caught one there so they must be pretty few and far between. If I had to catch one I'd head to Bonney lake or try Downs

I talked with a state fisheries biologist and since the Kokanee are doing so poorly at Deer the lake owners assosiation asked permission to start stocking Brook trout. The state said they could because there is no outlet where they can swim out of the lake and into federally funded Bull trout restor...

Also Sacheen, & Horseshoe lakes in Pend Oreille county have them. In Stevens so does Loon, & Deer lakes.

You can never convince me or anyone else who's ever fished Deer lake that it doesn't need more kokanee. It doesn't take a fisheries biologist to know that 25,000 fry a year isn't even in the ballpark of what Deer lakes holding limit should be. No one ever catches them there anymore when it used to h...

My dad told me he used oatmeal at Horseshoe lake when chumming for kokanee back in the day. I think it was part of a larger mixture with the oatmeal being the main ingredient. I would google it for more info. Good luck

I know a guy from Loon lake that does all his Mackinaw fishing at Horseshoe but is really secretive about how and what he catches. Never heard anything about Davis. But you got me interested. I know the guy who owns the one big place on the highway side of the lake. I might give it a shot